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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1137 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. WhistlerMissile truck ×10
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (39%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 131 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. Wind
    6. WhistlerMissile truck
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Wind
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Wind
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Wind
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind
    22. Energy storage
    23. Con turret
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:33 · typical 8:53
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Wind ×2
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. RoverScout ×3
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind ×5
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Wind
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. Wind
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:55
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Con turret ×2
    76. Wind ×6
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Converter
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Con turret
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Converter
    104. Con turret
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Con turret
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. Converter ×2
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (44 OS, 07/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:16 · in 67% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TrapCaT

43.6 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
147 metal received · 20152 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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